Author: Sarah Manvel
Sarah Manvel is the chief critic for criticsnotebook.com and writes film, art and book criticism for a variety of other outlets. Her novelette, You Ruin It When You Talk, was published in 2020. She lives in London with a VHS cassette of The Princess Bride, but no VCR. Find her on twitter as @typewritersarah
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Film Review: An Cailín Ciúin (The Quiet Girl)
The title is somewhat misleading, for the young girl at the centre of the story talks plenty when she feels safe. There’s just not many…
Film Review: Paris, 13th District / Les Olympiades (Jacques Audiard)
Jacques Audiard’s speciality as a director is stories about violent men who do not have an innate taste for violence. So it’s something of a…
Film Review: Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time (2021)
The title is ironic. Have you ever seen the episode of Friends where Phoebe plays some inappropriate songs to a group of little kids? Later…
